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Damon (to Elena): “I don’t think I’ve ever seen tu más alive.” 4x08
Elena (to Damon): “That in death you’re the one that made me feel most alive.” 4x23
Damon (to Elena): “You are my life.” 5x03
Elena (to Damon): “I like our life when its like this.” 5x06
Like many things involving Damon and Elena, these parallels are deliberate.
Although for vastly different reasons, neither Damon o Elena wanted to complete the transition and become vampires.
Damon had wanted to turn for Katherine, and when he thought she had perished in the church fuego he no longer wanted to live forever if she wouldn’t be with him. And because he was forced to complete it por his brother he harbored a mountain of bitterness for some time over being condemned to walk the earth alone feeding on blood.
Through a series of cataclysmic and gruesome events in his life he grew to accept and embrace his existence as a vampire. But he still yearned for something to live for, something to give his centuries on earth a purpose.
One of the most compelling aspects of Damon’s character is his capacity for love. The way that he loves is powerful and intense and unlike anything else in the world. Its a dangerously beautiful force all por itself. It drives him. It carried him through the 145 years he spent roaming the earth waiting for his true amor — which turned out to be the doppelgänger of the woman he thought he was in amor with.
Its irrefutable in my mind. Damon waited his entire life for Elena. End of story.
Elena (and the audience) met Damon in a dark and twisted place. He’d had his humanity off for decades. He’d lost sight of any emotional connection with the rest of the world, human o supernatural. He was a lone lobo through and through. He’d had to be in order to survive. por his own admission he’d lived a life of darkness. Vampirism had been the death of his humanity, of his soul’s purpose: love.
And then he happened upon Elena on a deserted road. And the seismic shift began.
Elena has dado Damon’s life what it has always lacked: compassion, support, substance. Over the course of five seasons we’ve watched her drag vestiges of Damon’s humanity to the surface episode por episode.
She reignited the spark of deep, passionate amor that he carries at the core of his soul. She gave him something to live for.
Elena’s transition into a vampire brought her to rock bottom. Quickly.
Of course it had been coming for three seasons. The girl has been through hell and back. Literally. And somehow she survived it. But damage like she’s suffered leaves its mark. And I think it all hit her when she woke up in transition.
Her first reaction to it is very telling: “Am I dead?!”
Its interesting that she phrased it this way. Yes, in order to become a vampire, tu have to die. But Elena could have asked Damon and Stefan what happened to her much differently than she did. Her horror and terror over being a vampire can all be summed up por that question. She vistas being a vampire as a death sentence, as a punishment, rather than being grateful that she has the opportunity to carry on with her life and stick around for her brother and her friends.
And her mental state only deteriorates from there.
The first six episodes of season four are an avalanche of uncertainty, fear and despair, all compounded por her heightened vampire emotions. Her desolation was such that once afflicted por the hunters’ curse, it drove her to suicide within twenty four hours.
I believe the writers’ brought her to that point in 4x06 for a reason.
And I believe that Stelena’s break up was the final scene in 4x06 for a reason.
This episode was the metaphorical death of an Elena Gilbert who is willing to take it on the chin for the sake of expectation.
People say that Elena changed once she became a vampire, that she’s different from human Elena.
Well no shit.
Of course she’s changed.
Vampirism is essentially a supernatural variant of rapid maturation. She’s only supposed to be eighteen o nineteen years old, and yet she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. She already had to grow up much too quickly because of the endless shit she’s had to endure. Her transition simply capitalized on that maturity. She seems different on the surface because she’s making adult decisions, seeking out an adult relationship, preparing for as much of an adult life as she is able since she will never age.
Her break up with Stefan was an important step she needed to take to begin shedding her old life.
And por old life, I mean human life.
She envisioned a human life with Stefan. There’s no reason to pretend otherwise. But once she became a vampire, once she died, she couldn’t see a future for them any longer. They grew apart. People like to blame Damon for the break up but he wasn’t the only reason. Like Elena’s mental and emotional breakdown, the Stelena break up was a long time coming.
And it opened the door for her to experience the kind of freedom she had been denied for years.
Her choice to be with Damon (sire bond be damned) was just the tip of the ice berg. She eventually flourished as a vampire because it finally allowed her to look out for herself, to protect herself without having to rely on the supernaturally stronger people in her life. Human Elena would never have been able to let go of Stefan, to let go of her childhood home, to let go of her fear of judgement for choosing Damon o feeding on human blood.
THAT is how she changed.
She grew up. She made her own choices, regardless of everyone else’s opinions o expectations.
Season four was its own small journey for Elena. It was centered around her as she came to terms with being a vampire, with surviving in a manner she never expected too. And that journey led her to revelations about herself and about Damon. I think the sire bond was important because it forced her feelings for Damon to the surface, made it so that she could no longer bury them under her fears and her innocent facade.
Her transition forced her to embrace her own darkness. And like it o not, that darkness includes Damon. He feeds the wild beast that has lain dormant in her for years. But he doesn’t let her get out of control either. He provides a seguro place for her inner animal to let loose and enjoy life without destroying her.
Damon is a beautiful paradox for Elena. He’s dangerous por nature, but he’s safety for her. He’s dark on the surface, but he brings amor and light to her life.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen tu más alive.”
This is the tag line for season four. He brought her out of her own black hole simply por accepting her, por allowing her to experiment under the unfamiliar conditions in this new life. He was something stable she could hold onto while the rest of her life fell apart at the seams.
“That in death you’re the one that made me feel most alive.”
por the end of the season she openly admits that she’d never have survived life as a vampire without his help and support. He made it exciting and interesting for her, showed her how to navigate the twists and turns rather than trying to avoid them.
And once freed from the doubt surrounding the sire bond Elena and Damon’s amor grew into something magnificent. The proof is layered through every segundo of season five. They’ve dado each other something that cannot be found with anyone else, something that confirms the sovereign raw majesty of their true love.
Life in death.
The writers had Elena turn her emotions off in season four for a reason. They deliberately brought her to a point of emotional death on the heels of her physical one. They took everything from her in one fell swoop. It might seem cruel to torment such a compassionate and courageous character after all she’s suffered already.
But it was all for the greater good of the amor story.
Over the course of both their lives Damon and Elena have died both physically and emotionally. The writers, in their endless quest to silently parade Damon and Elena’s status as twin flames, brought Elena to the same point Damon had been at when they met. They dragged her down to the desolate depths of the emotional underworld to prove a point.
She’s a fighter, a survivor. But even the strongest amongst us have a weakness. Even the strongest have something they lean on, something they have to live for.
And we now know that something that Elena lives for is no different than what Damon lives for: love.
And más specifically, amor for each other.
“You are my life.”
This line was no accident. Damon dicho this to Elena at the parte superior, arriba of the season because that is what this season is all about. Everything that has happened in season five has been a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles for Damon and Elena. This season is their test, their opportunity to prove that nothing will come between them. There could be no other reason for the writers to include things like doppelgänger bonds, the Augustine society, traveller body swaps, and vampire ripper viruses.
They’re challenging how strong the bond of true life giving amor is between Damon and Elena.
And if their attitude about it is any indication, they will prevail. They have both reached a point where they recognize how crucial they are to the other’s survival.
“I like our life when it’s like this.”
OUR life.
Elena actually dicho this. Very casually, in a completely still moment with Damon por the fire.
They have built a life together, a home. They have crafted a bond of safety, trust and amor that cannot be destroyed por a bunch of forces in the universe.
Damon and Elena are a force. Their entire relationship screams, “Fuck the universe.”
What they have is light years beyond any supposedly epic romance. What they have is brutal and powerful and intimate and real down to the farthest reaches of their souls.
Death is a metaphor, a symbol for darkness. And Damon and Elena have suffered through their fair share of darkness. But those paths of genuine anguish have led them to something that makes it all worth it: each other.
"You are my life."
"I like our life when it’s like this."
There is no logical argument against their relationship. They are so clearly the endgame that I pregunta the sanity of anyone who claims otherwise.
"In DEATH you’re that one that made me feel most ALIVE."
Their amor is life. Life in death. Light in darkness. Heaven in hell.
tu can’t possibly compete with such pure, fuego breathing perfection as this.
This is true love, plain and simple.
And true amor prevails.
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Damon (to Elena): “I don’t think I’ve ever seen tu más alive.” 4x08
Elena (to Damon): “That in death you’re the one that made me feel most alive.” 4x23
Damon (to Elena): “You are my life.” 5x03
Elena (to Damon): “I like our life when its like this.” 5x06
Like many things involving Damon and Elena, these parallels are deliberate.
Although for vastly different reasons, neither Damon o Elena wanted to complete the transition and become vampires.
Damon had wanted to turn for Katherine, and when he thought she had perished in the church fuego he no longer wanted to live forever if she wouldn’t be with him. And because he was forced to complete it por his brother he harbored a mountain of bitterness for some time over being condemned to walk the earth alone feeding on blood.
Through a series of cataclysmic and gruesome events in his life he grew to accept and embrace his existence as a vampire. But he still yearned for something to live for, something to give his centuries on earth a purpose.
One of the most compelling aspects of Damon’s character is his capacity for love. The way that he loves is powerful and intense and unlike anything else in the world. Its a dangerously beautiful force all por itself. It drives him. It carried him through the 145 years he spent roaming the earth waiting for his true amor — which turned out to be the doppelgänger of the woman he thought he was in amor with.
Its irrefutable in my mind. Damon waited his entire life for Elena. End of story.
Elena (and the audience) met Damon in a dark and twisted place. He’d had his humanity off for decades. He’d lost sight of any emotional connection with the rest of the world, human o supernatural. He was a lone lobo through and through. He’d had to be in order to survive. por his own admission he’d lived a life of darkness. Vampirism had been the death of his humanity, of his soul’s purpose: love.
And then he happened upon Elena on a deserted road. And the seismic shift began.
Elena has dado Damon’s life what it has always lacked: compassion, support, substance. Over the course of five seasons we’ve watched her drag vestiges of Damon’s humanity to the surface episode por episode.
She reignited the spark of deep, passionate amor that he carries at the core of his soul. She gave him something to live for.
Elena’s transition into a vampire brought her to rock bottom. Quickly.
Of course it had been coming for three seasons. The girl has been through hell and back. Literally. And somehow she survived it. But damage like she’s suffered leaves its mark. And I think it all hit her when she woke up in transition.
Her first reaction to it is very telling: “Am I dead?!”
Its interesting that she phrased it this way. Yes, in order to become a vampire, tu have to die. But Elena could have asked Damon and Stefan what happened to her much differently than she did. Her horror and terror over being a vampire can all be summed up por that question. She vistas being a vampire as a death sentence, as a punishment, rather than being grateful that she has the opportunity to carry on with her life and stick around for her brother and her friends.
And her mental state only deteriorates from there.
The first six episodes of season four are an avalanche of uncertainty, fear and despair, all compounded por her heightened vampire emotions. Her desolation was such that once afflicted por the hunters’ curse, it drove her to suicide within twenty four hours.
I believe the writers’ brought her to that point in 4x06 for a reason.
And I believe that Stelena’s break up was the final scene in 4x06 for a reason.
This episode was the metaphorical death of an Elena Gilbert who is willing to take it on the chin for the sake of expectation.
People say that Elena changed once she became a vampire, that she’s different from human Elena.
Well no shit.
Of course she’s changed.
Vampirism is essentially a supernatural variant of rapid maturation. She’s only supposed to be eighteen o nineteen years old, and yet she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. She already had to grow up much too quickly because of the endless shit she’s had to endure. Her transition simply capitalized on that maturity. She seems different on the surface because she’s making adult decisions, seeking out an adult relationship, preparing for as much of an adult life as she is able since she will never age.
Her break up with Stefan was an important step she needed to take to begin shedding her old life.
And por old life, I mean human life.
She envisioned a human life with Stefan. There’s no reason to pretend otherwise. But once she became a vampire, once she died, she couldn’t see a future for them any longer. They grew apart. People like to blame Damon for the break up but he wasn’t the only reason. Like Elena’s mental and emotional breakdown, the Stelena break up was a long time coming.
And it opened the door for her to experience the kind of freedom she had been denied for years.
Her choice to be with Damon (sire bond be damned) was just the tip of the ice berg. She eventually flourished as a vampire because it finally allowed her to look out for herself, to protect herself without having to rely on the supernaturally stronger people in her life. Human Elena would never have been able to let go of Stefan, to let go of her childhood home, to let go of her fear of judgement for choosing Damon o feeding on human blood.
THAT is how she changed.
She grew up. She made her own choices, regardless of everyone else’s opinions o expectations.
Season four was its own small journey for Elena. It was centered around her as she came to terms with being a vampire, with surviving in a manner she never expected too. And that journey led her to revelations about herself and about Damon. I think the sire bond was important because it forced her feelings for Damon to the surface, made it so that she could no longer bury them under her fears and her innocent facade.
Her transition forced her to embrace her own darkness. And like it o not, that darkness includes Damon. He feeds the wild beast that has lain dormant in her for years. But he doesn’t let her get out of control either. He provides a seguro place for her inner animal to let loose and enjoy life without destroying her.
Damon is a beautiful paradox for Elena. He’s dangerous por nature, but he’s safety for her. He’s dark on the surface, but he brings amor and light to her life.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen tu más alive.”
This is the tag line for season four. He brought her out of her own black hole simply por accepting her, por allowing her to experiment under the unfamiliar conditions in this new life. He was something stable she could hold onto while the rest of her life fell apart at the seams.
“That in death you’re the one that made me feel most alive.”
por the end of the season she openly admits that she’d never have survived life as a vampire without his help and support. He made it exciting and interesting for her, showed her how to navigate the twists and turns rather than trying to avoid them.
And once freed from the doubt surrounding the sire bond Elena and Damon’s amor grew into something magnificent. The proof is layered through every segundo of season five. They’ve dado each other something that cannot be found with anyone else, something that confirms the sovereign raw majesty of their true love.
Life in death.
The writers had Elena turn her emotions off in season four for a reason. They deliberately brought her to a point of emotional death on the heels of her physical one. They took everything from her in one fell swoop. It might seem cruel to torment such a compassionate and courageous character after all she’s suffered already.
But it was all for the greater good of the amor story.
Over the course of both their lives Damon and Elena have died both physically and emotionally. The writers, in their endless quest to silently parade Damon and Elena’s status as twin flames, brought Elena to the same point Damon had been at when they met. They dragged her down to the desolate depths of the emotional underworld to prove a point.
She’s a fighter, a survivor. But even the strongest amongst us have a weakness. Even the strongest have something they lean on, something they have to live for.
And we now know that something that Elena lives for is no different than what Damon lives for: love.
And más specifically, amor for each other.
“You are my life.”
This line was no accident. Damon dicho this to Elena at the parte superior, arriba of the season because that is what this season is all about. Everything that has happened in season five has been a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles for Damon and Elena. This season is their test, their opportunity to prove that nothing will come between them. There could be no other reason for the writers to include things like doppelgänger bonds, the Augustine society, traveller body swaps, and vampire ripper viruses.
They’re challenging how strong the bond of true life giving amor is between Damon and Elena.
And if their attitude about it is any indication, they will prevail. They have both reached a point where they recognize how crucial they are to the other’s survival.
“I like our life when it’s like this.”
OUR life.
Elena actually dicho this. Very casually, in a completely still moment with Damon por the fire.
They have built a life together, a home. They have crafted a bond of safety, trust and amor that cannot be destroyed por a bunch of forces in the universe.
Damon and Elena are a force. Their entire relationship screams, “Fuck the universe.”
What they have is light years beyond any supposedly epic romance. What they have is brutal and powerful and intimate and real down to the farthest reaches of their souls.
Death is a metaphor, a symbol for darkness. And Damon and Elena have suffered through their fair share of darkness. But those paths of genuine anguish have led them to something that makes it all worth it: each other.
"You are my life."
"I like our life when it’s like this."
There is no logical argument against their relationship. They are so clearly the endgame that I pregunta the sanity of anyone who claims otherwise.
"In DEATH you’re that one that made me feel most ALIVE."
Their amor is life. Life in death. Light in darkness. Heaven in hell.
tu can’t possibly compete with such pure, fuego breathing perfection as this.
This is true love, plain and simple.
And true amor prevails.
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fan art by _Ms_Reneta
